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PHQ | QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY: In this episode, Joel and Antonia answer a question about getting into action as an INFJ.
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Hi Susan! I’m an INFJ who has experienced something similar on a few different occasions. It is usually the result of spending too much time introverting. Introverts can get so comfortable with their inner world that the outer world can look scary.
You’ve got to force yourself to engage with people. I hate the grocery store, too. It’s a necessary evil. And if all my interactions were the grocery store I wouldn’t feel very inclined to go anywhere. So, find more rewarding reasons to leave the house. Take a class. Join a hiking or painting group. Find a community that you can use as leverage to force yourself out of your inner world.
It isn’t comfortable at first and all your instincts are going to be crying out to stay with what is comfortable. When that happens, imagine yourself dying alone and unnoticed by the world because you were too afraid to force yourself out of your comfort zones. Because that is a very real possibility. It happens to introverts all the time.
We aren’t here to simply survive. We are here to thrive. And the greatest growth comes from the greatest challenges.
Hi Antonia,
I’m wondering how to get out of thinking and helping mode (which I do all day for clients), and into wanting to get into “action” physically. Meaning, I find that when I not with a partner, I have no motivation to leave the house and do something as simple as taking a walk. When I was a child, I used to go walking alone all the time. Now I get – what some people call – “the spotlight syndrome.” Basically, I feel completely exposed, as if I’m on stage. If I could be invisible, I’d leave the house a LOT more often. Any suggestions? I’ve gained 25 pounds in 2 years, and I hardly eat. I can’t believe that I’ve become a person who needs someone to hold my hand just to leave the house. And going to the grocery store… nightmare. So many people and too much stimulation!
Here’s the article Antonia mentioned:
https://personalityhacker.com/developing-the-harmony-process-as-an-infj/
Hi All,
Based on the podcast and articles that i read, the key is compassion and be truth to our self.
Do not let this “FJ” thinks stop us to contribute. Please always remember “Heaven is a place where all the people is contributing,hell is a place where all the people is demanding and the world is just a place for internship”
We need to give our full effort just to make a sincere contribution, we can start to contribute in any aspects even give a slice of comment in the internet would be a good start.
Make contributes as a reflex, feedback as a scales. Choose the heavy ones to focus on.
Better to light on a candle rather than demanding in the dark.
May the contributes be with you _
What if we INFJs practice expressing our feelings to others via writing – does that count as Fe?
To go from being private and contemplative to meeting others needs (in the outside world) feels like a big leap. I’d like to contribute to others emotional and spiritual well being but via the medium of writing. This would be huge progress for me as I’ve had project ideas for a long time. Taking action to write on a regular basis would feel like a big achievement!